Q: How do I read the yardages?
A:
The large number in the middle of the screen is the middle of the green,
the smaller number below is the front of the green, the smaller number above
is the back.
Q: What does the Accuracy mean?
A:
The GPS will be more or less accurate depending on the visibility to the sky/satellites,
the Accuracy tells you the quality of the current GPS reading.
Q: How do I navigate to the next hole?
A:
Tap the green "+" button or the red "-" button at the top of the screen
to navigate from hole to hole.
Q: Why doesn't FreeCaddie advance to the next hole automatically?
A:
To conserve battery your Palm Pre shuts off the GPS when you have turned off your
screen. Without frequent GPS positons FreeCaddie can't identify when you have
completed a hole and advanced to the next.
Q: What are the Markers?
A:
Tap the markers button to view additional markers mapped on the hole, like bunkers,
hazzards, fairway markers, etc. If the button is disabled, there are no markers mapped
for this hole.
Q: Why don't any markers show up when I try to view them?
A:
The "Markers" button is enabled for holes that have markers mapped. The list will
only contain markers between your current location and the hole. If the list is
empty it's likely you have already moved past the markers for that hole.
Q: What does the Shot button do?
A:
Tap the shot button to measure how far you have hit a shot. Tap the
"Shot" button from where you hit the ball, then watch the screen for the
distance from that location. Your mark will be removed when you advance to
the next hole.
Q: How do I keep score?
A:
Tap the "Score" button and enter your score. All fields are optional on the
score screen, you can be as detailed as you want. When you have filled in your
score, tap the back screen or make the Palm back gesture.
Q: How do I quickly set my score to par for a hole?
A:
Tap the center of the score screen heading, between the hole navigation arrows. This
will set your score for that hole to par, use the +/- buttons to adjust from there.
Q: Why don't you preload my score to par automatically?
A:
If you forget to set your score for a hole, you would get par by default. This would
likely result in inaccurate scores without your knowing.
Q: How do I upload my score to FreeCaddie.com?
A:
When you have completed your round, tap the FreeCaddie menu in the top left corner
of the "Score" screen and choose, "Upload Scorecard". You will be asked to
delete the scorecard after it is uploaded, this is a good idea to do to conserve space.
The first time you upload a score you will be reminded to enter your FreeCaddie.com
Username and Password to identify yourself on the "Preferences" screen.
If you forget to upload your scorecard when you complete your round, you can view
all scorecards by tapping the FreeCaddie menu from the main screen to list past
scorecards. From here you can edit your scorecard by tapping it and upload it to FreeCaddie.com.
If you choose not to upload a score and want it deleted, swipe to delete the scorecard from
the scorecards list screen.
Q: Why would I upload my scorecard to FreeCaddie.com?
A:
You can keep a record of your scores and view interesting stats, charts, and graphs
of your scores and round statistics on the FreeCaddie.com web site.
Q: How do I choose to view distances in yards/meters?
A:
Tap the FreeCaddie Menu from the top left corner of the main screen and choose
"Preferences". From here you can set your unit of measurement.
Q: How do I delete a downloaded course?
A:
From the course list press and swipe the course you want to delete,
confirm the delete operation by tapping the delete button.
Q: What does the GPS button do?
A:
Tap the GPS button if you have reason to believe the yardages displayed
are inaccurate. You can verify the GPS on your Pre is working from this screen.
If it doesn't appear to be getting frequent updates you may need to reboot
your Pre.
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